AMG Concise Bible Characters

by Alexander Whyte

Telling a good story takes great content, great communicating skills, and great ability to hold the listener’s attention. Writing a good biography takes many of these same skills, and Alexander Whyte possessed every one of them. He was a trained preacher, a polished writer, and very gifted at conveying the stories of other human beings. In fact, the majority of works published in his lifetime were biographical works of some kind. In AMG’s Concise Bible Characters, Whyte uses his storytelling skills to interact with the greatest content of all time, the Holy Bible. What results is a collection of more than 150 stories on the characters of the Bible. Whyte’s writings continue to inspire preachers, Sunday school teachers, and lay people more than 160 years after they were published. Readers of these Bible character stories will feel like they are right there while things are happening. Whyte uses these stories to challenge each of us to consider our own character, to challenge us to be better than we have been, to reach for something beyond what we think we can attain. He challenges us to keep striving when life is tough, but more than that, he reveals how the characters of the Bible were able to do these things, and how we can accomplish them in our own lives.

Genres: Christian, Reference, Nonfiction

672 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1961

About the author

Alexander Whyte was a Scottish theologian, minister and Principal of New College, Edinburgh. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1898.

Whyte studied divinity at the University of Aberdeen and then at New College, Edinburgh, graduating in 1866. He entered the ministry of the Free Church of Scotland and after serving as colleague in Free St. John's, Glasgow (1866 - 1870), moved to Edinburgh as colleague and successor to Rev. Dr. Robert Candlish at Free St. George's. In 1909 he succeeded Dr. Marcus Dods as Principal, and Professor of New Testament Literature, at New College, Edinburgh.

Reviews

[Greg Judy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whyte provides exactly what the title describes: a concise explanation/introduction to various Bible characters. He has some great insight on these characters and brought out some things about them that I had never before considered. He does a good job of getting the reader to step into the character's mind.

[Lynda Newman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Whyte is a great author! This book is a bunch of sermons on some of the main characters in the Bible and some of the parables. Enjoyed every bit!